[分享]What are the 'big rocks' in your life?

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One day, an expert in time management was speaking to a group of
> >business students and, to drive home a point, used an illustra-
> >tion those students will never forget.
> >
> >　　一天，时间管理专家为一群商学院学生讲课。他现场做了演示，给学
> >生们留下一生难以磨灭的印象。
> >
> >As he stood in front of the group of high-powered overachievers
> >he said, "Okay, time for a quiz" and he pulled out a one-gallon,
> >wide-mouth mason jar and set it on the table in front of him.
> >
> >　　站在那些高智商高学历的学生前面，他说：“我们来个小测验”，拿
> >出一个一加仑的广口瓶放在他面前的桌上。
> >
> >He also produced about a dozen fist-sized rocks and carefully
> >placed them, one at a time, into the jar. When the jar was fill-
> >ed to the top and no more rocks would fit inside, he asked, "Is
> >this jar full?"
> >
> >　　随后，他取出一堆拳头大小的石块，仔细地一块块放进玻璃瓶里。直
> >到石块高出瓶口，再也放不下了，他问道：“瓶子满了吗？”
> >
> >Everyone in the class yelled, "Yes."　 The time management ex-
> >pert replied, "Really?"
> >
> >　　所有学生应道：“满了”。时间管理专家反问：“真的？”
> >
> >He reached under the table and pulled out a bucket of gravel. He
> >dumped some gravel in and shook the jar causing pieces of gravel
> >to work themselves down into the spaces between the big rocks.
> >He then asked the group once more, "Is the jar full?"
> >
> >　　他伸手从桌下拿出一桶砾石，倒了一些进去，并敲击玻璃瓶壁使砾石
> >填满下面石块的间隙。“现在瓶子满了吗？”他第二次问道。
> >
> >By this time the class was on to him. "robably not," one of
> >them answered. "Good!" he replied.
> >
> >be on to sb.　　了解……的情况；识透（某人的）意图
> >
> >　　但这一次学生有些明白了，“可能还没有”，一位学生应道。
> >“很好！”专家说。
> >
> >He reached under the table and brought out a bucket of sand.
> >He started dumping the sand in the jar and it went into all of
> >the spaces left between the rocks and the gravel.
> >
> >　　他伸手从桌下拿出一桶沙子，开始慢慢倒进玻璃瓶。沙子填满了石块
> >和砾石的所有间隙。
> >
> >Once more he asked the question, "Is this jar full?" "No!" the
> >class shouted. Once again he said, "Good."
> >
> >　　他又一次问学生：“瓶子满了吗？”“没满！”学生们大声说。他再
> >一次说：“很好。”
> >
> >Then he grabbed a pitcher of water and began to pour it in until
> >the Jar was filled to the brim.　Then he looked at the class and
> >asked, "What is the point of this illustration?"
> >
> >　　然后他拿过一壶水倒进玻璃瓶直到水面与瓶口平。抬头看着学生，问
> >道：“这个例子说明什么？”
> >
> >One eager beaver raised his hand and said, "The point is, no
> >matter how full your schedule is, if you try really hard you can
> >always fit some more things in it!"
> >
> >　　一个心急的学生举手发言：“它告诉我们：无论你的时间表多么紧
> >凑，如果你确实努力，你可以做更多的事！”。
> >
> >"No," the speaker replied, "that's not the point. The truth this
> >illustration teaches us is: If you don't put the big rocks in
> >first, you'll never get them in at all. What are the 'big rocks'
> >in your life, time with your loved ones, your faith, your educa-
> >tion, your dreams, a worthy cause, teaching or mentoring others?
> >Remember to put these BIG ROCKS in first or you'll never get
> >them in at all."
> >
> >　　“不！”，时间管理专家说，“那不是它真正的意思。这个例子告诉
> >我们：如果你不是先放大石块，那你就再也不能把它放进瓶子里。那么，
> >什么是你生命中的大石块呢，与你爱人共度时光，你的信仰，教育，梦
> >想，或是和我一样，教育指导其他人？切切记得先去处理这些‘大石
> >块’，否则，一辈子你都不能做到。”
> >
> >So, tonight, or in the morning, when you are reflecting on this
> >short story,ask yourself this question: What are the 'big rocks'
> >in my life?
> >
> >　　那么，今晚，或许是今晨，你正在阅读这篇短文，可曾试着问自己这
> >个问题：我今生的‘大石头’是什么？然后，请把它们先放进你人生的瓶
> >子。
> >
>

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以下是引用潭影伦心在2003-12-12 10:16:55的发言：
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